Table leg mounting



1111.111944. NWASIEWICZ Em. 2,338,190

TABLE LEG MOUNTING Filed March 30'. 1942 1 'ai jz i Patented Jan. 11, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TABLE LEG MOUNTING Nicholas Wasiewicz and Stanley B.' Czarnecki,

Chicago, Ill., assignors to American Wood Products, a copartnership consisting of Nicholas l Wasiewicz and Al J. Majcherek Application March 30, 1942, Serial No. 436,866

14 Claims.

This invention relates to articles of furniture, and more particularly to an improved leg mounting for tables or other articles of furniture so as to eliminate the necessity of using any metal in the mounting for securing the leg in position.

The invention has for its object the provision of a mounting for table legs and the like which is made entirely of wood and which is adaptable to legs for tables, stands, or other articles of furniture, to permit folding or collapsing of the table or other article of furniture, such as card tables and the like, whereby the same may be compactly folded to: occupy a smallamount of space for storage or shipment purposes.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved leg mounting for articles of furniture, such as tables and the like, in which the top is provided with means to rigidly or removably receive or mount the legs or other corresponding part of a piece of furniture, and in which further means is provided to securely fasten or wedge the leg in operative position without wobbling or getting loose, thereby giving a firm structure, while also permitting easy and convenient disconnection `thereof for removal to disassemble or fold the table or other article of furniture, but which when set up will remain firmly in position against yaccidental displacement, or disconnection, and which will be strong,

durable, and not likely to get out of working order, and is economical to manufacture and assemble.

Further objects and advantages will appear and be brought out more fully in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is an inverted plan view of our improved leg mounting as applied to a table or stand.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional elevation taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal cross section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a detailed view of the upper end of a leg, and

Fig. 6 is a detailed View of a wedge key ernployed in the mounting for securing the leg in position.

Referring to the drawing in detail, and more particularly to the form shownin Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, III designatesthe top of an article of furniture, such as a table, stand, chair, or otherwise, of -any number of sides or polygonal, such as square or otherwise, circular, oval, or irregular shape, usually of wood and may be laminated or of veneer, but may be of any other suitable material, composition, or plastic. II and I2 are the drop sides, bed pieces or panels, side, or sideand end rails, of corresponding form suitably fastened to the top or cover in any suitable way, as by means of a lock joint, dovetailed, screws, nails or other fastenings, or preferably glued or cemented thereto, as at I3. These rails or drop panels, unless the table. is round or oval are connected together or fastened at the corner in any suitable Way as indicated at I4 by glue, cement, lock joints, dovetailed, mitered, screwed, or otherwise fastened `together as indicatedat I4. Within the corners formed by the top and the side rails or drop panels, a socket or opening is provided in a box I5 consisting of a vertical corner piece of strip I6 fastened to one side rail and the'under surface of the topv normal to both as indicated at I1. A narrower vertical corner piece or strip I8 is similarly secured to the bottom surface of the top and the inner surface of the other side rail or drop panel and terminates in spaced relation to the corner piece I6 as indicated at I9 to form a slot.

The side rails I I and I2 form a socket or opening 20, with the box or box like structure I5 heretofore referred to. The vertical inner surface of the corner piece I6 toward the corner piece I8, and the side rail or drop panel I2 is recessed transversely or horizontally as indicated at 2I. This recess is beveled, inclined, or deeper toward the inner end Yor vertical edge of the corner piece I6 and is narrower at theend toward the side rail II than at inner end thereof, thus tapering toward the outside and providing corresponding top and bottom walls, shoulders or edges 22. The legs are designated at 23, and whether rectangular, square, round or of any other suitable shape or polygonal cross-section, is snugly received with-` in the socket or opening 2!) of the box I5 with its upper end engaging the rbottom surface of the top I0. One side of the leg adjacent the groove or recess 2l is provided with a transverse groove, keyway or recess 24, also extending horizontally and cooperating with the recess ZI to take a tapered transverse or horizontal wedge or key 25 at the narrow end thereof which when forced into position or jammed under slight pressure will securely lock the leg in position. However, by removing the wedge, the leg will be released to permit disconnection thereof from the table top or the like. In order to facilitate this, one edge of the wedge at the widest end, is provided with a handle piece or right angular extension 26 by which it may be inserted or removed with facility.

It will be seen that by this construction an improved, strong and simple mounting and fastening for the leg is provided without the necessity of using metal parts, particularly of an expensive character or otherwise as generally employed in such structure, which is especially desirable not only because of the eflicient construction but because it permits manufacture without available metals o1' metal fittings in ordinary times, but which at the present time are unattainable. It also obviates chiseling, metering or cutting of the wood to receive special metal fittings, parts or hinges, and is particularly desirable at a time when there is a shortage of metals.

This construction also eliminates the necessity of using any metal parts whatsoever in the construction while giving a strong, rigid and economical structure capable of manufacture to advantage and with facility.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred form of composition for carrying our invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. We, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail ourselves of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. An article of furniture, a top, a socket beneath the top, a leg in the socket, said leg and a wall of said socket having opposed transverse recesses and a longitudinally tapered wedge slidable lengthwise in said recess.

2. An improved leg mounting for tables and the like, comprising the combination with a top, a box on the under side of the top and having an opening, there being a slot in the box, a leg in the opening, there being horizontal recesses in the leg and box at the slot, and a horizontal tapered rectilinear wedge having its opposed longitudinal edges engaging said recesses to secure the leg in position.

3. An article of furniture including a top, walls carried by the top forming a leg receiving opening, a supporting member in said opening having a recess at one edge, a slotted member having a recess opposing the aforesaid recess and a tapered key horizontally engaging and wedged longitudinally between said recesses to secure the supporting member at right angles to the top in upright position.

4. An improved table leg or like mounting including a horizontal supporting surface, strips beneath said surface forming a slot, a leg mounted in an opening formed by the strips adjacent and with the vertical edge in the plane of the slot and having a recess in line with the slot opposing the aforesaid opening horizontally in one edge, said strips having recesses and a wedge extending longitudinally through the slot and wedged in the recesses at the slot.

5. An improved table leg mounting or the like including a horizontal supporting surface, strips vbeneath said surface forming an opening and a slot, a leg mounted in said opening and having a transverse recess in one edge, at least one of the strips having a horizontal groove of tapered formation with a beveled wall and top and bottom shoulders, and a tapered key engaged in the slot and longitudinally at one long edge in the recess to removably secure the leg in supporting position.

6. An improved table leg mounting, a top with drop sides, a box beneath the top and forming a socket with said sides, a table leg in said socket, said box having a vertical opening at one side, and the table leg having a transverse groove and one side of the box having a groove with a beveled wall and a wedge in the opening and wedged between the box and the leg while engaging said grooves.

7. In a leg mounting for tables or the like, a top having a drop panel, strips secured to said top and drop panel and forming a leg receiving opening, a leg having one end snugly fitting in said opening having a groove at one edge, at least one of said strips having a groove opposite the aforesaid groove, and a wedge key engaged longitudinally in said grooves and having an an` guiar end.

8. An article of furniture entirely of wood, a top, a drop side therefor, strips attached thereto and depending therefrom, said strips forming an opening open at the bottom, an upright support in the opening and having a notch across one edge and a longitudinally tapered key engaged longitudinally between the strips and notch with opposite longitudinal edges wedged between at least one strip and the base of the notch across the support to secure the support in position.

9. In an article of furniture, a top having drop panels, strips anchored to the top and panels and forming a socket therewith and having a slot, a standard having one end fitted in the socket and having a recess across at least one face, and a longitudinally tapered key wedged longitudinally in the slot and recess.

10. A leg mounting for tables and the like hav ing a tcp and drop sides at right angles, strips normal to the top and sides with a slot between and forming a leg socket, one strip having beveled transverse recess opening into the slot, a leg in the socket and having a transverse recess opposing the aforesaid recess, and a wedge forced into the recesses through the slot to rigidly and removably secure the leg in position.

11. In a leg mounting for tables or the like, a top having a drop side, strips secured to said top and drop side and forming a leg receiving socket,y a leg fitting said socket and having `a horizontal groove across one vertical edge, there being a vertical slot with a horizontal re ess in at least one side thereof communicating with Vthe socket and the grocved vertical edge of the leg being in a plane between the opposed sides of the slot at the recess, and a wedge disposed horizontally in the groove, recess and slot to hold the leg removably in an upright position and permit disengagement thereof.

12. In combination, a table top, a dependent apron, blocks secured lto said` table top andto said apron defining therewith a leg-receiving socket, a leg having its upper end inserted ins d socket, said leg and one of said blocks having registering substantially horizontal keyways at least one of which is tapered slightly, and a tapered wedge forced into said registering ykeyways.

13. In combination, a table tcp, dependent apron members, blocks secured to said top and to said apron members dening therewith a legreceiving socket, a leg having its upper end inserted in said socket, said leg and one of said blocks having registering substantially horizontal groove across one vertical edge, there being a 1o transverse horizontal opening through the strips communicating with the socket and the inner wall of the groove being in a plane between the opposed sides of the opening, and a wedge disposed horizontally through the opening and in the groove to hold the leg removably in an upright position and permit disengagement thereof.

NICHOLAS WASIEWICZ. STANLEY B. CZARNECKI. 

